How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers?

The simple answer to “how computers can create random numbers?” is that they can’t. At least, not on their own...

https://betterprogramming.pub/generating-random-numbers-is-a-lot-harder-than-you-think-b121c3e75d08

@DevMisc
#misc #cryptography #learn

Clickjackings in Google worth 14981.7$

Instead of going for XSS, RCE [...], I decided to go search clickjacking vulnerabilites in Google. Clickjacking is one of the lowest paid and underestimated vulnerability by organisations...

https://medium.com/@raushanraj_65039/google-clickjacking-6a04132b918a

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#security #bugbounty #web

Almost free serverless on-demand Minecraft server in AWS

Instead of paying a minecraft hosting service for a private server for you and your friends, host it yourself...

https://github.com/doctorray117/minecraft-ondemand

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#minecraft #aws #serverless

In typical Google fashion…

I first started working with Flutter about 3 years ago, and it was just as I was cresting the hill of my tolerance of Google’s ongoing bullshit.

https://chornbe.medium.com/in-typical-google-fashion

@DevMisc
#flutter #rant #dart

A Visual Guide to NodeJS Streams

"Let’s say you have a friend to help move the bricks. You can either wait until your friend brings the whole pile of bricks to you, or you can start building as soon as you have a few bricks to start with"

https://blog.insiderattack.net/a-visual-guide-to-nodejs-streams

@DevMisc
#stream #javanoscript #nodejs

IP over Avian Carriers

A proposal to carry IP traffic by birds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

@DevMisc
#wikipedia #tcp #network

Signs That You Are a Bad Programmer

"We need someone who tells us these things, but most programmers don’t have that someone."

https://javanoscript.plainenglish.io/signs-that-you-are-a-bad-programmer

@DevMisc
#productivity #tips #wealth

Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention

A cheat sheet of best practices to prevent your website being vulnerable to csrf attacks.

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html

@DevMisc
#security #web #csrf

What they don’t tell you when you translate your app

Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most difficult things you can do with software.

https://ericwbailey.design/writing/what-they-dont-tell-you-when-you-translate-your-app/

@DevMisc
#tips #localization #software

How Docker broke in half

Docker changed its business model, what happens now?

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3632142/how-docker-broke-in-half.html

@DevMisc
#docker #news

My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day

https://mark.mcnally.je/blog/post/million-requests

@DevMisc
#network #web #vps

How I Learned Coding Mostly From Porn

I wanted rent money and rent money addiction is the path that leads down to the dark world of creativity.

https://codingtofreedom.com/i-learned-coding-mostly-from-porn/

@DevMisc
#extra #blog

Client did not pay?

Use this :)
https://github.com/kleampa/not-paid

@DevMisc
#meme #job #extra

POW Captcha

A proof of work based captcha, but lightweight, self-hosted and GPLv3 licensed.

https://git.sequentialread.com/forest/pow-captcha

#selfhost #captcha

Bit Patterns of Float

I’ve spent too many hours repeatedly trying to find this information
on the Web. Time to write it down.

https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2021/09/05/float-format/

@DevMisc
#float #lowlevel #learn

Deploy express.js on netlify

Netlify lets you deploy serverless Lambda functions without an AWS account, and with function management handled directly within Netlify...

https://paulreaney.medium.com/deploy-express-js-on-netlify

@DevMisc
#netlify #nodejs #serverless

How JavaScript Works🔥 🤖 [Visually Explained]

This blog will explain how JavaScript executes code in the browser, and we will learn it through animated gifs...

https://dev.to/narottam04/how-javanoscript-works-visually-explained

@DevMisc
#javanoscript #webdev #v8

3 Useful Python f-string Tricks You Probably Don’t Know

Long gone are the days when Python developers used the % operator to perform string formatting in Python...

https://betterprogramming.pub/3-useful-python-f-string-tricks-you-probably-dont-know

@DevMisc
#python #tips #tricks

Writing unit tests in Golang

Unit testing is a way of writing tests for the individual components (aka, the smallest part) of a program...

https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/writing-unit-tests-in-golang-part-1-introducing-testify

@DevMisc
#golang #testing #devops

Website Carbon Calculator

How is your website impacting the planet?

https://www.websitecarbon.com

@DevMisc
#web #misc

Memory Management in Python: 3 Popular Interview Questions

Memory management is one of the most popular interview topics for Python developers, questions about it can test a programmer’s understanding of Python.

https://medium.com/techtofreedom/memory-management-in-python-3-popular-interview-questions-bce4bc69b69a

@DevMisc
#memory #python #learn